Police Officer Mistakes Daughter for Intruder, Shoots Her

18-year-old Tasha Scott is in a critical but stable condition after her father mistook her for an intruder and shot her. Tasha was returning from a secret rendezvous with her boyfriend when she triggered a security light.

Her father, 41-year-old Eric Scott, a police officer, saw a figure in the basement and fired at it. After finding that the 'intruder' was his daughter Eric called 911. No charges have been filed over the incident.

"Mr. Scott was under the impression his daughter had gone to bed for the night. He did not expect his daughter to be outside or down in the basement," said said Capt. Thomas Rodia from the local police.

maybe its the sort of area where burglars kill people a lot?With hindsight we know it was the wrong call, but the story could easily have been cop found shot dead in his basement and daughter found raped and murdered upstairs.

I'd have a big problem, if I was a jury member, saying that this guy was guilty of a crime. He has to live with this the rest of his life. Daughter on the other hand will undoubtedly never use the basement window again as entry into her father's house.

is no excuse for not identifying a target before shooting... espeically if you do not live alone. Being that he was a cop, he should have a flashlight close to his gun, to at least give a quick burst of light to see what/who it was before pulling the trigger.

My dad is an ex police officer. He told me of stories like this and how he wouldn't do that because he would yell freeze, halt, etc like a police officer normally would. This guy just firing = moron use your training DA (dumbass).